Ribbon construction



N. M. CAPLAIN RIBBON CONSTRUCTION Filed March 3, 1936 July 21, 1936.

INVENTOR. Mme/v15; Mar/ 244A ATTORNEYS Patented July 21, 1936 PATENT o FIcE 2,048,425 RIBBON CONSTRUCTION Nathaniel M. Caplain, Fall River, Mass, assignor to Capson Hat Co. Inc., New'York, NLY.

Application March 3,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to ornaments and the like and particularly to an ornamental ribbon adapted to be applied to a hat band.

It is a custom with military and college men as Well as in club circles to identify their regiments, colleges or clubs by affixing to their clothing some sort of indicia bearing the respective colorsor stripes. These identifying badges may consist ofan appropriately colored hat band, a button hole badge, a rosette, etc. Badges or indicia of this nature have also found application in societies, conventions, conferences and other organizations or gatherings of a non-fraternal character.

These types of indicia or badges are generally dilficult to attach and require considerable manipulation with the consequent result that they cannot be easily removed or exchanged. The usual mode of attachment of these badges or markers are by means of pins, stitching, etc., which require lengthy and irritable operation. Because of these disadvantages, fraternal indicia and badges have not found universal favor.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a ribbon ornament or marker of simple and attractive construction which may be easily attached and detached from the clothing.

Another object is to provide an ornamental ribbon particularly of the type used by fraternal organizations and which may be attached to a hat ban-d without any separate fastening means.

Still another object is to provide an improved ornamental ribbon which lends itself to the utilization of a single fastening element for attachment to a hat ribbon.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention suitable stiffening material is placed adjacent one end of the ribbon. The lateral sides of the ribbon are folded over the stiffening material and the end is closed so that the stiffening material is fully covered within the ribbon and so that the fraternal or regimental indicia will appear on the outside.

A pair of hooks or other suitable fastening means may be provided adjacent the opposite end of the ribbon and this end may be folded over so that the hooks or other fastening means will be on the inside of the ribbon and invisible from the exterior side thereof.

The folded over ends and lateral sides as well as the stiffening material may be held in place by means of a tape glued or otherwise fastened to the interior surface of the folded ribbon or badge.

The above and other objects will appear more 1936, Serial No. 66,80? (c1.2-179) clearly from the following detailed description when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing showing preferred embodiments of the inventive idea.

In th draw ns= 5 Figure 1 is a perspective-view of a hat equipped with the invention.

Figure 21s a sectional View along the line 22 of Figure '1.

Figure 3 is a'detailed viewof an ornamental 10 ribbon according to the invention detached from the hat band.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the ribbon shown in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a bottom plan View of the ribbon.

As will be seen from Figure 1, the ribbon or badge ID embodying the invention may be most successfully applied to a hat band ll of a hat having a crown l2 and a brim l3. The ribbon I0 is preferably attached to the bow M which is 20 usually positioned at one side of the head.

A cloth ribbon l 5 or some other suitable material is provided with indicia bearing a design such as stripes of different colors as indicated at l6, l7 and IS in Figure 3.

A piece of cardboard l9 or some other suitable material having the desired width of the ornament or badge is placed adjacent one end of the ribbon. The lateral sides 20 and 2| extending beyond the width of the piece of cardboard i9 30 are then folded over, fully covering the piece of cardboard.

The open end may be folded over or taped. In this manner the double folded ornamental ribbon or badge is made sufiiciently rigid at one 35 end thereof so that it may be easily inserted behind the bow M of the hat band I l.

The opposite end of the ribbon may be provided with hooks 22 or some other suitable fastening means whereby the ornamentation may 40 easily be hooked on or fastened to the bottom portion or the edge of the hat band H or the bow l4.

The hooks 2| are preferably formed of a single piece of wire or some other suitable material 45 leaving the intermediate cross-bar 23 whereby the hooks may be retained in the ribbon without any further fastening means.

The hooks 22 are preferably pushed through the ribbon at a distance from the end so that 50 the extension may be folded over and whereby the hooks may be entirely concealed within the interior surface of the ornamentation.

A tape 24 of a suitable material may be glued or otherwise attached to the interior surface of 55 the ornamentation whereby the overlapping sides and end portions are held firmly in position.

The ornamental ribbon is attached to the hat band by inserting the stifiened end behind the bow. The non-rigid portion of the ribbon is then folded over the bow and fastened by means of the hooks 23 to the lower edge of the ribbon or badge.

What is claimed is:

1. An ornamentation comprising a ribbon, stiifening means at one end of said ribbon, said stiffening means having the desired width of the ornamentation, the extending lateral sides being folded over, the opposite end being provided with fastening means, said fastening means being spaced from the end of said ribbon and the extending portion being folded backward over the interior surface of said ribbon, said fastening means being entirely concealed within the interior surface of said ribbon, and means extending from the interior surface of said ornamentation for holding said folded over ends and lateral sides together.

2. An ornamentation comprising a ribbon having suitable indicia on the obverse side of said ribbon, stiffening means on the reverse side of said ribbon adjacent one end thereof, said stiffening means having the desired width of the ornamentation, the extending lateral sides being folded over on said reverse side, the opposite end of said. ribbon being provided with fastening means, said fastening means being spaced from the end of said ribbon and the extending portion being folded backward over the interior surface of said ribbon, an adhesive tape extending over the interior surface of said ribbon whereby the 5 folded over ends and lateral sides are held together, said fastening means comprising a pair of hooks adapted to penetrate said ribbon and an intermediate cross-bar.

3. The combination with a hat and a hat band of an ornamentation comprising a ribbon, the obverse side of said ribbon being provided with suitable indicia, stiffening means on the reverse side of said ribbon adjacent one end thereof, said stiffening means having the width of the ornal5 mentation, the extending lateral sides of said ribbon being folded over on said reverse side, the opposite end of said ribbon being provided with fastening means, said fastening means being spaced from the end of said ribbon and the extending end being folded backward over the interior surface of said ribbon, an adhesive tape extending over the interior surface of said ribbon whereby the folded over ends and lateral sides are held together, the stiffened end of said ornamentation being adapted to be inserted between the hat band and the crown and the pliable portion adapted to bend over said hat band and fastened to the lower edge thereof.

NATHANIEL M. CAPLAIN. 

